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Iran’s football team will leave for Spain this weekend en route to their World Cup base in Mexico despite still awaiting visas, the head of the country’s football federation said. The 2026 World Cup is being hosted jointly by the United States, Mexico and Canada. Neither the United States, where Iran will play their three group stage matches, nor Mexico, where the team will be based throughout the tournament, have yet issued visas for the players. “We will leave for Spain on Saturday, and from there the team will go directly to Tijuana in Mexico,” football federation chief Mehdi Taj…
Microsoft is kicking off its Build developer conference today with a promise of making Windows a trusted platform for development. As the company continues to focus on performance and reliability fixes for Windows 11, it’s also creating a developer-optimized experience that bundles a lot of useful tools and apps and embraces Linux even further.“We have optimized the Windows 11 experience for developers, bringing frequently used command line utilities, a familiar comfort shell, faster setup experience, a built-in way to create and interact with Linux containers on Windows and a new experimental Intelligent Terminal,” explains Windows chief Pavan Davuluri.Microsoft has created…
Privacy-focused blockchain protocol Zama said it will accelerate compliance measures and proceed with its confidential USDC launch after a US court lifted a temporary freeze on about $12.5 million in USDC held in its cUSDC smart contract, according to a Tuesday X post by co-founder Rand Hindi.The freeze, first reported by Cointelegraph on Saturday, stemmed from a temporary restraining order obtained in connection with an ongoing dispute involving stakeholders of an unrelated project, Overnight Finance. Circle froze the funds after receiving the court order, even though Zama was not a party to the case, according to Hindi’s account.“The same court…
Antonio Cipriano addressed how Off Campus adapted — and changed details from Logan’s story in the book series — before his season of the show was delayed. “What’s so great about the show and the adaptation is that all the writers had so much freedom to add so much more to these characters. The books are so POV driven between whoever is in their love story and there was so much more to play with,” Cipriano exclusively told Us Weekly in May about the vision for the shakeups. “You’re rooting for all of these characters.” Cipriano expressed excitement at getting…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday raised hopes for senators who failed to secure their parties’ tickets during the recently concluded primaries ahead of the 2027 general elections. Mr Akpabio, who secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for Akwa Ibom North-west Senatorial District through affirmation, said the Senate leadership had expected only a handful of lawmakers to lose their bids but was surprised by the high number of ‘casualties’ recorded during the primaries. He disclosed that the leadership of the Senate was exploring possible ways to address some of the outcomes of the primaries in favour of affected…
Nollywood actor and comedian Adeshina “Janmole” Oshin has died in a road accident, plunging colleagues, fans and the Yoruba movie industry into mourning. His death comes less than a week after the passing of veteran actor Fesogboye Oyewole, marking another painful loss for Nollywood. The President of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), Bolaji Amusan, popularly known as Mr Latin, announced the actor’s death on Tuesday via an Instagram post. Mr Amusan disclosed that Janmole died in a tragic auto crash, although details surrounding the accident were not immediately made public. “May the soul of…
Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, has reacted to the defection of Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Odinkalu, in a post on X on Tuesday, described the development as “organized crime,” insisting that no court ruling could justify the circumstances surrounding Chinda’s move to the ruling party. His reaction comes amid controversy surrounding the announcement by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, that Chinda had defected from the PDP to the APC. The Speaker, during plenary on Tuesday,…
No fewer than 47 suspected drug traffickers have been arrested by operatives of the Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with over 541 kilograms of drugs in the state. The Edo State Commander of the anti-drug agency said the suspects were arrested in May. Ofoyeju disclosed this while reeling out the scorecard of the Command in the period under review, in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Benin City. He said the suspects were arrested in different locations in Ekpoma, Esan West and Auchi in Etsako West Local Government Areas of…
Chelsea boss, Xabi Alonso has been told to remove goalkeeper Robert Sanchez from his first-team lineup for next season, with claims that the Spaniard poses a ‘threat to his own team’. Alonso is expected to officially assume his role as Chelsea’s manager in July after being appointed on a four-year contract. The former Real Madrid coach arrives at Stamford Bridge with numerous issues to address following the Blues’ disappointing Premier League season, which saw them finish in tenth place and miss out on any European competition. This summer is anticipated to bring further changes to Chelsea’s roster, with reports indicating…
Teachers under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Teachers on Tuesday held a solidarity protest to demand the rescue of teachers and pupils abducted in schools in Oriire local government area of Oyo State. The protesters, led by the Osun NUT chairman, Babatunde Babalola, had taken off from the Ataoja School of Science, Osogbo, and moved through the Osogbo/Gbongan road before terminating the protest at the Osun Government Secretariat, Abere, where the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Muritala Jimoh, addressed them. The PUNCH reports that on May 15, 2026, armed men attacked three schools-Community Grammar School, Baptist Nursery and…
